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  "text": "Page 1 of 3 \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE SPECIAL COURTS FOR SPEEDY TRIALS (REPEAL) ACT, 1996 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n        CONTENTS \r\n \r\n1. Short title and commencement \r\n2. Repeal and savings \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nPage 2 of 3 \r\n \r\nTHE SPECIAL COURTS FOR SPEEDY TRIALS (REPEAL) ACT, 1996 \r\nACT No. XI OF 1996 \r\nAn Act to repeal the Special Courts for Speedy Trials Act, 1992 \r\nWHEREAS it is expedient to repeal the Special Courts for Speedy Trials Act, 1992 (IX of 1992), \r\nfor the purposes hereinafter appearing; \r\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:— \r\n1. Short title and commencement .—(1) This Act may be called the Special Courts for Speedy \r\nTrials (Repeal) Act, 1996. \r\n(2) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Repeal and savings .—(1) The Special Courts for Speedy Tr ials Act, 1992 (IX of 1992), \r\nhereinafter referred to as the said Act, shall stand repealed from the twenty-sixth day of July, 1994. \r\n(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the said Act,— \r\n(a)  every order, decision or judgement passed by any Special Court or the Supreme \r\nAppellate Court constituted under the  said Act before such repeal  shall remain in \r\nforce and the operative and the repeal shall not effect any thing duly done or \r\npunishment incurred or suffered thereunder; \r\n(b)  all convictions passed, punishments or sentences awarded by the Special Court or \r\nthe Supreme Appellate Courts before such repeal shall be executed as if the said \r\nAct was in force; \r\n(c)  any investigation or inquiry under the said Act, made or instituted shall continue to \r\nbe made and instituted; \r\n(d)  all cases pending before the Special Courts at the time of such repeal shall  stand \r\ntransferred to the respective Courts of Session of the area or such other courts where \r\nthe cases were registered against the accused; \r\n(e)  the Court of Session or, as the case may be, any other court to which a case has \r\nbeen transferred from a Special Court under clause (d) shall try it in accordance \r\nwith the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), or \r\nthe law applicable to such case; \r\n(f)  all appeals pending adjudication before the Supreme Appellate Court shall stand \r\ntransferred to the respective High Courts having territorial jurisdiction; and \r\n(g)  on receipt of an appeal under clause (f), the High Court sha ll cause its disposal by \r\na Bench consisting of not less than two Judges of the High Court in  accordance \r\nwith the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (Act V of 1898), and the \r\noriginal order shall be deemed to have been passed by a Single Bench o f the High \r\nCourt. \r\n \r\nPage 3 of 3 \r\n \r\n(3) Where a case was transferred to the Special Court from a court other than the Court of Session, \r\nsuch Court of Session shall, on receipt of the case under clause (d) of sub -section (2), transmit it to chat \r\ncourt for further proceedings: \r\nProvided that where a case was transferred to th e Special Court before the com pletion of \r\ninvestigation or submission of report under section 173 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of \r\n1898), and in the case the investigation has not been completed or the report has not been submitted, such \r\ncase shall be transmitted to the concerned investigation agency for further act ion within a period of one \r\nyear. \r\n______________",
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